1 1 6 ARBOR DA Y MANUAL. 



THE DANDELION. 



A RECITATION accompanied with music for nine little girls, four girls each 

 to recite a long paragraph, the short paragraphs to be recited in concert 

 by the other five girls. 



All enter and sing first stanza of Gay Little Dandelion, from "The Vineyard 

 of Song." 



FIRST GIRL RECITES: 



There's a dandy little fellow, 

 Who dresses all in yellow, 



In yellow with an overcoat of green ; 

 With his hair all crisp and curly, 

 In the spring-time bright and early, 



Tripping o'er the meadow he is seen. 



SECOND GIRL: 



Through all the bright June weather, 



Like a jolly little tramp, 



He wanders o'er the hillside, down the road; 

 Around his yellow feather 



The gypsy fire-flies camp ; 

 His companions are the woodlark and the toad. 



FIVE GIRLS RECITE IN CONCERT: 



Spick and spandy, little dandy ; 



Golden dancer in the dell ! 

 Green and yellow, happy fellow, 



All the children love him well. 



(ALL SING SECOND STANZA OF GAY LITTLE DANDELION.) 



THIRD GIRL: 



But at last this little fellow, 

 Doffs his dandy coat of yellow, 



And very feebly totters o'er the green; 

 For he very old is growing, 

 And with hair all white and flowing, 



Nodding in the sunlight he is seen. 



FOURTH GIRL : 



The little winds of morning, 



Come flying through the grass, 

 And clap their hands around him in their glee; 

 They shake him without warning 



His wig falls off, alas ! 

 A little bald-head dandy now is he. 



FIVE GIRLS RECITE IN CONCERT : 



O poor dandy ! once so spandy, 



Golden dancer on the lea ! 

 Older growing, white hair flowing, 



Bald-head dandy now is he. 



(ALL SING THIRD STANZA OF GAY LITTLE DANDELION.) 



